TOURING: Series Eastern Creek summary

EVANGELOU SPRINGS WIN
Spring hit Eastern Creek last weekend for the fourth round SHANNONS V8
TOURING CAR NATIONAL SERIES and not only did Tony Evangelou forge out
another overall victory but he also cemented the series for 2010.
The...

EVANGELOU SPRINGS WIN

Spring hit Eastern Creek last weekend for the fourth round SHANNONS V8
TOURING CAR NATIONAL SERIES and not only did Tony Evangelou forge out
another overall victory but he also cemented the series for 2010.

The Victorian's Ford Falcon BA that originally came out of the
Ford Performance Racing stable had also had a spring clean, the red war
paint replaced with a clean white livery, crossed the line with a
second, a third and finally, a victory.

After leading the first race for several laps and ultimately finishing
second when passed by Scott Loadsman, Evangelou had his car die on the
line at the start of the second. "It's one of those things
drivers dread -- thanks to everyone for missing me," he said.

He charged back to second and then led the last race throughout where
second overall for the weekend, Loadsman in his ex-Paul Morris
Motorsport Holden Commodore, applied enormous pressure throughout. It
proved fruitless for the New South Welshman as he was deemed to have
jumped the start and copped a post-race time penalty after winning the
first race and placing second in race two.

"With the HANS device on and also being so close behind Tony, I
didn't see the black flag as its high up on the starter's
box," he admitted. "But really if I did and pitted it would
have robbed the race of a great dice."

Loadsman's car was last used by Steve Owen to win the Development
Series which he also competed in and almost two years later Loadsman is
back and committed to competing next year along with new backer
Enviropest. "It is good that a sport like ours has environment
friendly support."

Third overall after two solid fourths and then a second to finish off
the weekend was John Vergotis (NSW) who praised the use of data logging
for the first time as the secret of his success. The small budget team
also had pit crew for this event and the results told for the once Ford
Tickford Racing AU Falcon.

Next overall was the ex-Stone Brothers Racing AU Falcon of Victorian
Mark Sheppard. His Warby Lodge Ford vied with NSW's Chris Delfsma
in the Century 21 AU for the position. The latter's former Howard
Racing AU headed Sheppard in two of the three races for superior race
results but in the end, Sheppard won out due to superior results in Time
Attack.

Stephen Voight posted two third places in the Rob Tebb owned ex-Garry
Rogers Motorsport VY Commodore but failed to finish race two after
spinning and making contact with Matt Hansen at turn two on the last
lap. "It wouldn't refire to start with -- and then
there was a bit of guard rub on a tyre," Voight said.

Next came the Tasmanian Sam Walter in his ex-Tasman Motorsport VY which
had a continuation of its fuel pressure problems into race and forced
him to retire. He then came off the back of the grid in race two, to
storm to the lead inside the opening lap from where he held station for
the duration. Off pole for race three, he was nabbed for a start
indiscretion, took the drive through penalty and fought back to sixth
place.

Eighth overall and continuing to impress in only his second outing was
Aaron Tebb in another of his dad's GRM-sourced Holdens. The
younger Tebb completed the meeting with three seventh places, finishing
ahead of the West Australians Matt Hansen and Dean Kovacevich.

Whilst sorted as far as engine issues went, the Hansen ex-Prancing Horse
Racing AU team were still sorting through their brake problems whilst
the ex-Perkins Engineering VY of Kovacevich was a retiree from race one
after contact with Delfsma bent the right front control arm.